Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Public Safety Department announced Wednesday night that several local law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant in Ironwood earlier that day in connection to a series of local thefts. An IPSD spokesperson said the department received “numerous” reports from citizens about vehicles and garages being broken into recently and items stolen. The Michigan State Police received an “actionable tip that they shared with the Public Safety Department,” the spokesper...
By TOM LAVENTURE [email protected] HURLEY, Wis. - The Hurley Education Foundation added $20,508 to its budget thanks to a community that puts students before profits. For the past nine years the Cash for Kids program of Midland Services, Inc., has allowed the customer-owners of the cooperative business organization to forego their annual percentage of cash and equity profits to several area school districts, said Trent Allen, general manager of Midland Services Inc., which brands...
By KIM E. STROM [email protected] BESSEMER - Promoting the downtown area and helping local businesses to succeed was the focus of discussion during the meeting of the Bessemer Downtown Development Authority Thursday evening. City Manager Charly Loper began the meeting with a presentation of what the organization has been doing throughout the year. The state requires two presentations a year. From providing facade funding to helping local business pop up shops to beautification projects a...
Email calendar items and community news to [email protected]. For more information, call 906-932-2211. Friday, Sept. 13 Mercer Cribbage, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Mercer Senior Center. Double Trouble, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Serenity Center, Ironwood. Mercer Food Pantry, noon-1 p.m., Railroad Street, Mercer, Wis. Emergencies: 715-476-7655. Alcoholics Anonymous/ Al-Anon, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. Harbortown AA, 7:30 p.m. EST, Ontonagon United Methodist Church basement, next to Holiday gas station, Ontonagon. area74.org....
WAKEFIELD, Mich. – Clara Charlotte (Johnson) Wiita, 102, a longtime resident of Wakefield, passed away early Wednesday morning, Sept. 11, 2019. Clara was born on March 9, 1917, in Wakefield, a daughter of Herman and Helga (Erickson) Johnson. She attended Wakefield schools and graduated on June 6, 1934, as a member of the National Honor Society. After graduation she worked at the Wakefield Post Office for four years. On Sept. 1, 1940, Clara married Wilfred Wiita of Wakefield at the Immanuel L...
